Spicy?

“Shiny object syndrome and studying to the test are both real (and distinct) issues.

Our spicy take is that both are symptoms of the same underlying condition. Terror of uncertainty. Whether you're fishing for pass criteria or copying someone else's snazzy new feature, these are both ways of ghosting the messy uncertainty work, while it keeps leaving messages on your answerphone.

But you're not always facing this kind of uncertainty. Sometimes in business, it is just clear what you have to do. In those cases, yes, go ahead and focus, prioritise, push through.

Which means the question you're really faced with isn’t "so should we focus or should we explore?". There's no universally correct answer to this because it depends on your situation. (Interjection from Tom: the universally correct answer to that question is, "yes".)

The question you really want to ask is: how do you know which situation you're actually in, so you can use appropriate methods?”